Zita

See also: zita and zità

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɪta]

Proper noun

Zita f

1. a female given name.

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Italian

Etymology

Name of a 13th century Italian saint, of debated etymology.

Proper noun

Zita f

1. a female given name.

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1938. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Sidonia, feminine form of the saint's name Sidonius (“a resident of Sidon”).

Proper noun

Zita f

1. a female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Zita was the only given name of 1066 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Zitta, diminutive of Sidonia.

Proper noun

Zità f

1. a female given name.

References

• Kazys Kuzavinis - Bronys Savukynas: Lietuvių vardų kilmės žodynas, Vilnius, Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla, 1994

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Slovak

Proper noun

Zita f (genitive singular Zity, nominative plural Zity, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Zita

	singular	plural
nominative	Zita	Zity
genitive	Zity	Zít
dative	Zite	Zitám
accusative	Zitu	Zity
locative	Zite	Zitách
instrumental	Zitou	Zitami

Further reading

• “Zita”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024